Misery Index
because losing breeds misery
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The Bulls won 6 NBA Titles in the 1990’s, which was more than any other team in any other North American sports league that decade, and hasn’t been matched by anyone in a 10 year period since. Since then however, they haven’t even come close to another title, having not made the NBA Finals since…
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The Devils started as the Kansas City Scouts, who moved to Denver to be the Colorado Rockies after a couple seasons before finally moving to New Jersey in the 80’s. After the Nets moved to Brooklyn, they are currently the only high level professional team to call New Jersey home, though the NFL’s Jets and…
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I recently used a x2 multiplier for teams with relocation pain, and its application will be fairly rare. In order to qualify, the team must be in a location that has lost a previous franchise in the last 30 years. for example, the LA Rams would get a multiplier for leaving LA for St. Louis…
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The Raptors started play in 1995 in Toronto as one of two NBA teams in Canada, but after the Grizzlies moved to Memphis in 2001, they are Canada’s only NBA team. They have one Championship from 2019, but don’t have much success otherwise. They last won the NBA Finals in 2019 (+6) Their so far…
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The Florida Panthers were an NHL expansion team in 1993 playing in Miami, and are the defending Stanley Cup champions, having won the last 2 Cups back to back. They are the defending champions (+0) There is no championship series drought (+0) Obviously there is no playoff drought (+0) No division rival has had a…
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After a lengthy conversation with my mathematical advisor, it was determined that negative scores are less than ideal. Also there needs to be a way to track fanbase optimism in regards to team improvement or fall-off based on year over year improvement. To those ends, I am tweaking the formula in the following ways. The…
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There’s a lot to iron out regarding the twelve playoff teams and the various playoff matchups. In the AL, the Toronto Blue Jays, and the Seattle Mariners have the top two seeds respectfully, with first round byes. The Cleveland Guardians host the Detroit Tigers to see who will play Seattle, and the New York Yankees…
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Philadelphia has a long history of pro football with the Eagles playing in the NFL for over 90 years. In that time, they have won 3 NFL championships in the pre-Super Bowl era, and after half a century of futility they finally got over the hump so to speak, and have won 2 Super Bowls…
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The Yankees have too many championships in the past to truly be miserable anytime soon. 27 World Series wins is more than double the total of the St. Louis Cardinals, who have the second most at 11, and that’s also more than 19 teams combined have. That said, they haven’t won in 15 years, so…
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The Boston Celtics, having won 18 NBA Championships since they were founded in 1946, currently as of this writing have a misery index of -16. They last won a title in ’24, so that’s a 1 season title drought. (+1) They failed to reach the Finals since then for another 1 season drought. (+1) They…
